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Coastal and Flood Resilience Leaders Summit
Coastal and Flood Resilience Leaders Summit
20 June 2024
09:00am - 1:00pm
Room 9B, Level 3
About
The Coastal and Flood Resilience Leaders Summit highlights the critical importance of adapting to climate change, with a specific focus on building resilience against sea level rise and more intense rainfall. This event brings together government and city officials, academia and industry practitioners to share innovative planning approaches and best practices in safeguarding cities against threats of flood risks. Each plenary will deep dive into the topic with three case studies, followed by a panel discussion moderated by Professor Khoo Teng Chye, Practice Professor, National University of Singapore College of Design and Engineering.
Programme
9:00am – 9:15am
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Opening Address by Ms. Grace Fu, Minister for Sustainability and the Environment, Singapore
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9:15am – 10:45am
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Plenary 1 – Climate-Resilient Cities: Adaptive Planning Approaches to Coastal and Flood Management
Case studies:
Panel Discussion:
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10:45am – 11:15am
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Networking Coffee Break
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11:15am – 12:45pm
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Plenary 2 – Climate-Resilient Cities: Innovative Solutions to Adapt to Extreme Weather Events and Rising Seas
Case studies:
Panel Discussion:
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12:45pm - 1:00pm
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Summary and Closing
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Speakers
![]() Prof. Tony Wong
Director, Tony Wong Consulting and Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Development, Monash Univeristy
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![]() Andrew Pearson
Programme Manager, TEAM2100, Jacobs
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![]() Joanne Emberson-Wines
Senior Programme Director, TEAM2100, Environment Agency, United Kingdom
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![]() Grace Fu
Minister, Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment, Singapore
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![]() Laurian Farrell
Deputy Commissioner (Bureau of Coastal Resiliency), NYC Department of Environmental Protection, United States
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![]() Bart Vonk
Coordinating Water Defense Advisor, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Rijkswaterstaat
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![]() Yuvi Luo
Associate Director, Arup
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![]() Prof. Khoo Teng Chye
Director, NUS Cities, Fellow, Centre for Liveable Cities, Practice Professor, NUS College of Design and Engineering
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![]() James Lam
Executive Director, Coastal Engineering & Management, Surbana Jurong Consultants Pte. Ltd.
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![]() Prof. Philippe Gourbesville
President, IAHR
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![]() Karlene Maywald
South Australian Water Ambassador, South Australian Government - Dept Environment & Water
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![]() Meike Van Ginneken
Water Envoy, Kingdom of the Netherlands
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![]() Dr. Adrian Law
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, NUS
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![]() Kevin Simpson
Flooding, Coastal & Maritime Director - UK & Ireland, Binnies UK, an RSK Group company
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![]() Dr. Julie Dean Rosati
Technical Director, Flood & Coastal Risk Management, US Army Corps of Engineers (New Orleans District)
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![]() Vera Konings
Lead Flood Risk Management and Coastal Resilience, City of Rotterdam
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![]() Saroj Jha
Water Global Director, World Bank
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![]() Amanda Ikert
Head of Adaptation Implementation and Water, C-40
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![]() Beverly Stinson
Executive Vice President of Global Water Business, AECOM
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![]() Michael Fong Hok Shing
Director, Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD)
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![]() Stephan Van Der Biezen
Director International, Witteveen+Bos
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![]() Matthijs Bos
Climate Adaptation & Flood Resilience Lead, Royal HaskoningDHV
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